'She's at the top of her game': Nicole Kidman to star in new Los Angeles crime thriller Destroyer as producer Fred Berger calls star's character 'iconic'

She continues to dominate Hollywood, following her recent Emmy win for Big Little Lies.

And Hollywood heavyweight Nicole Kidman is set to star in a new Los Angeles crime thriller Destroyer, directed by Karyn Kusama, Variety reported on Wednesday.

The 50-year-old Australian actress will play young LAPD detective Erin Bell, who is forced to go undercover with a cult-like gang in the California desert.

On top of her game: Hollywood heavyweight Nicole Kidman is set to star in a new Los Angeles crime thriller Destroyer, directed by Karyn Kusama, Variety reported on Wednesday. Nicole is pictured at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California

Award-winning director Karyn, whose work includes Girlfight and The invitation, has teamed up with producer Fred Berger on the project that is based on an original screenplay by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi.

Almost called it quits: It comes after the star recalled how she almost gave up acting after the birth of her and husband Keith Urban's daughter Sunday Rose in 2008

'I went through a period, particularly after I gave birth to Sunday, where I was pretty much done. I was pretty much going to finish up my career,' she told Today.

'I was just moving towards that place and then my mother [Janelle] said to me, 'I don't think you should retire or give up. I don't think that's your path.'

She continued: 'She said to me, 'Everything in your life has always been hard won, you have never been given things on a platter. You had to audition and work and really... in terms of career-wise, it was a long, hard road.' She goes, 'You don't just abandon it.''

Persuasive advice: 'I was just moving towards [retirement] and then my mother [Janelle] said to me, 'I don't think you should retire or give up. I don't think that's your path,'' Nicole said

Earlier this year, The Aquaman star received an Oscar nod for her role in the smash-hit film, Lion.

She also recently garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success for her role in the hit HBO drama, Big Little Lies.

Her flourishing career is not the only thing that Nicole has had to strive for, with the mother-of-four previously revealing she and husband Keith 'work really hard' to keep their marriage alive.

Hollywood heavyweight: Nicole's career spans over three decades, during which time she has won various accolades including an Academy award. The star is pictured at the 75th Annual Academy Awards on March 23, 2003 in Hollywood, California

'We work really hard to keep a relationship alive and to keep it incredibly deep and intimate.'

The couple, who have now been married for 11 years, share two daughters Sunday Rose, nine, and Faith Margaret, seven.

She also shares two adopted children with her ex-husband Tom Cruise, Connor, 22, and Isabella Cruise, 24.

On top of her game: Nicole won an Emmy for Best Actress in an Outstanding Limited Series for Big Little Lies. The actress is pictured in the press room at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 17, 2017